Three Queensland first responders have been honoured as heroes after the harrowing rescue of a man trapped in a mountain of grain in a silo.

Sergeant Wylie Steel, Senior Constable Callam Moriarty and paramedic Vaughan Mason were honoured at the QBANK Everyday Hero Awards event in Brisbane on Friday for the lifesaving extraction on February 23.

Dramatic vision of the rescue shows the trio, along with residents, furiously digging and working together to save the 78-year-old Baralaba farmer, who has been named only as John.

“Can you get some more shovels mate … we need the ability to protect his breathing,” Steel can be heard yelling as he tries to keep the man’s head above the surface.

John was buried up to his chin, as Steel, Moriarty and Mason used a pipe so he could keep breathing while he was rescued.

The footage also shows rescuers, who raced in from across the central Queensland community, cutting a hole in the side of the solo. As the grain spills out, John is freed.

Steel, Moriarty and Mason took out the Working Together award for their efforts.

The Everyday Hero Awards recognise frontline workers and volunteers across Queensland who have made an outstanding contribution to the community.

Rural policing advocate Moriarty said the honour was incredibly humbling and totally unexpected.

“I am very grateful for what we are able to do in a small town, especially being able to spend time making connections with the community,” he said.

“The local mine shut down, people came down the road in tractors and others shut their businesses that day to come and help us.”

“Just to able to walk down the street and still talk to John and see how he’s doing, that’s what it’s all about.”

Another award went to third-generation sheep shearer turned police officer, Constable Laurie Bateman, for his work in Palm Island with Indigenous youth.

Bateman’s program creates opportunities for the community’s youth and has increased cultural awareness for the wider Indigenous community.

“It has changed the lives of so many young people out in the south-west,” he said.

“Hundreds of young people who have been through the program, leave as better people I believe.

Bateman also runs a learn-to-drive program that helps participants gain confidence and learn new skills.